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AnnieBo

Soooo...recently diagnosed...really pleased...validation..lots has clicked into place...relief etc etc...I'm wondering if I've had my head so deeply embedded in the autism world I forgot that some people aren't quite on the same wavelength.

me to friend: I've got some big news! I've just been diagnosed with autism

friend: **silence..mouth open..little bit of a "poor you" face** ...something happens in the room which diverts the conversation {hmmm, convenient}.

friend days later actually picks up conversation rather cautiously and finally says all the right things {"you're stil you..etc etc"}

other friend: still not addressed it but sends me links to random things they know i like {I'll just wait here and make it awkward}

This is so NOT how I expected it to go. I'm having a pause on the disclosures while I have a think! Anyone got a story to share?

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  • I was diagnosed ASC in June 6 months after my youngest son. I finally told my partner at the end of August having kept it to myself for reasons I won’t bore everyone with.

    As expected this didn’t go down well at all and I feel quite sad and disappointed but I accept that even people close to me are not going to see it the way I do. 

    My partner has not even asked to see my report and does not ask me anything about my experiences.

    My oldest son had just had a diagnosis of combined ADHD and basically I was told well we know which parent they inherited it from. I was under the impression that a parent with autism cannot genetically pass on ADHD to a child, I may be wrong or misinformed. 

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  • I was diagnosed ASC in June 6 months after my youngest son. I finally told my partner at the end of August having kept it to myself for reasons I won’t bore everyone with.

    As expected this didn’t go down well at all and I feel quite sad and disappointed but I accept that even people close to me are not going to see it the way I do. 

    My partner has not even asked to see my report and does not ask me anything about my experiences.

    My oldest son had just had a diagnosis of combined ADHD and basically I was told well we know which parent they inherited it from. I was under the impression that a parent with autism cannot genetically pass on ADHD to a child, I may be wrong or misinformed. 

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